be made by a handful of garbage on the bottom of the subconsciousness. We 've learned — long ago — to act not as we want but as it's needed, and found our real freedom in it. Even in the inanimous slavery of Geometers there are more gaps for real freedom, than in the Shadow, a world of absolute permissiveness. Because to act exactly as you want is the real slavery." — somewhat debatable thoughts of Pyotr. Footnotes External Links Russian Wikipedia (Much more detailed page about this series. 1997 novels Novels by Sergey Lukyanenko 20th-century Russian novels